US Socialist Party

The Socialist Party was a socialist political party formed in the United States on 31 August 1861. The Socialist Party was a centre-left and secularized party, believing in the government controlling the economy through tariffs and state capitalism. At first starting out with a small cell of support (holding a .2% minority during the election campaign of 1863), they grew to have 15.3% of the government in 1881, but in 1882, they decreased back down to 10.3%. Their political organ was the American Red Star newspaper. Today, it is known as the SPUSA.

History
The Socialist Party was formed on 31 August 1861 by workers in the United States dedicated to advancing the agenda laid out in The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx in 1848. The workers called themself socialists and believed in a land ruled by the workers, where the workers controlled the means of production. Equality, justice, solidarity, and democracy were other vital points in the socialists' ideology. By 2 July 1863, the Socialists had a .2% minority of the upper house during the election campaign, and they only slightly increased to 6.3 in 1874. However, in 1875 they sharply increased to have 13.7% of the Senate, and by 1881, they had 15.3% of the government. Their influence declined down to 10.3% of the electorate vote as of 17 July 1882, although the ideology of the country was 35.7% socialist, the largest ideology in the country, shortly ahead of conservativism (33.3%) and liberalism (29.6%).

The Socialist Party began issuing the American Red Star newspaper on 12 December 1874, and rich strata became 1% more socialist when a subscription was started at a social club for the wealthy people. The people of the USA were never persuaded to elect a socialist cabinet, but it held a large influence on the country.

Their ideologies were very similar to those outlined in The Communist Manifesto and all of the other renditions of socialism. The party had a trade policy of protectionism, an economic policy of state capitalism, a religious policy of secularism, a citizenship policy of full citizenship, and a war policy of anti military.